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Click to downloadCharles F. "Rick" Witthoefft is currently the Firm's General Counsel and has previously served the firm as President and Executive Vice President. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation, and has been recognized by Chambers USA as a leading lawyer for Business Litigation. Rick has over 35 years of varied trial experience in state and federal courts, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial cases involving contract, business tort, antitrust, securities, banking, corporate governance, insurance, landlord-tenant, land use, professional liability, employment, administrative law, and trust and estate issues.
Education:
- University of Richmond, J.D.
- Hampden-Sydney College, B.A.
Pro Bono/Community Service:
- St. Luke Lutheran Church (Past President)
- James Madison University, Parent's Council (Past Chair)
- St. Michael's Episcopal School (Past Chair, Board of Trustees)
- Trinity Episcopal School (Past Chair, Board of Trustees)
Recognition:
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America (Commercial Litigation)
- Chambers USA (Business Litigation)
- Martindale-Hubbell: AV Peer Review Rated
- Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite, 2006 through 2009
- Virginia Super Lawyers, 2009 and 2010
Memberships:
- American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
- Richmond Bar Association (Past President, 1991-1992)
- Federal Bar Association, Richmond Chapter (Vice President)
- Greater Richmond Bar Foundation (Past President)
- Virginia Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- John Marshall Inn of Court (Charter Member)
- Lewis F. Powell, Jr. American Inn of Court (Charter Member, Past President)
Firm Involvement:
- General Counsel
- Past Chair of Litigation Section
- Past President
- Past Executive Vice President
Bar Admission:
- Virginia, 1972
